It was my birthday over the weekend.I go through life with too much heartache, so
I am grateful to those who contributed happiness to my day.

A person who I had spent most of my life feeling close with wrote
me a birthday email at about 4am.It was not
our first communication since our estrangement.It mattered.

My buddy Bob had put the day aside for me.He did me 2 favors in the day while I was
doing laundry, and he spared me some stress and saved me a lot of time and
energy.

In the early evening, Bob and I went down to the Village to
meet my friend Judy who I was very glad wanted to join me for my birthday.We went to the Olive Tree, one of my favorite
places.Then my friend Meghan and her
boyfriend Dave joined us for a while.Meghan and I share the same birthday, different year.I enjoyed everyone’s company very much.It was a good time, warm, fun, and funny.

Then Meghan and Dave went on with their other plans, and Judy,
Bob, and I went to a comedy open mic.Judy and Bob were audience, and I was to get up and use my minutes on
stage.It was the most unprepared I ever
was for an open mic plus I was drunk.The hosts knew it was my birthday, so they made it feel special.When I got up, I confessed I was very
unprepared and raw.So I told them a
little story which turned out to be a lusty confession about a man at that mic,
and it wasn’t really comedy at all.

The next day, I emailed one of the hosts and told her I hoped
I wasn’t an idiot at the mic.She enjoys
how I am and was reassuring. But what’s
she gonna say?